It was no secret that forward Alexander Barabanov was heading for a divorce with the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24. Barabanov was a Sharks trade candidate around the NHL Trade Deadline.
Alexander Barabanov’s stay in the NHL came to an end this summer as he opted to return to the KHL by signing a two-year deal with AK Bars Kazan. He spent the majority of his four-year stint in the NHL with the San Jose Sharks, but his journey began with the Maple Leafs during the 2021 COVID-shortened campaign.
This probably won’t be the last embarrassing story about the 2023-24 San Jose Sharks. “The team played primitive hockey,” Alexander Barabanov told RG.org in Russian recently.
After a handful of seasons with the San Jose Sharks, Alexander Barabanov departed the NHL for his native Russia and the KHL. Barabanov played 206 NHL games and recorded over 100 points, but he didn’t feel he was getting the proper offers as a free agent this offseason.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Former San Jose Sharks forward Alexander Barabanov is leaving the NHL and signing a two-year deal with AK Bars of the KHL, the league announced Thursday.
Alexander Barabanov is leaving the NHL and heading back home to Russia. The native of St Petersburg has signed a two-year contract with the KHL’s AK Bars Kazan.
Alexander Barabanov has had recent success in the NHL, but coming off a wilderness season with the San Jose Sharks, his free-agent market has been a quiet one.
Free agency is now just a month away and teams are looking ahead to when it opens. There will be several impact players set to hit the open market in July while many teams have key restricted free agents to re-sign as well. We continue our look around the NHL with an overview of the free agent situation for the Sharks.
The San Jose Sharks are patiently waiting for the 2023-24 campaign to mercifully come to an end, but it looks like it already has for forward Alexander Barabanov — along with his tenure in California.
William Eklund’s maturity is one of the reasons why I was so high on him as a prospect. He’s shown it once again, in his response to being dropped from second-line center to fourth-line wing three games ago.
PHILADELPHIA – You can’t blame Alexander Barabanov if he’s disappointed. Last Thursday, the 29-year-old winger was scratched for trade-related reasons before the San Jose Sharks’ game against the New York Islanders.
All signs pointed to Alexander Barabanov getting traded…and then, he wasn’t. On Thursday, the eve of the Trade Deadline, Barabanov and Anthony Duclair were scratched for trade-related reasons, a sure sign that moves were in the cards.
Both things can be true. Anthony Duclair and Alexander Barabanov want to play on a winner. But also, the pending UFAs are both open to returning to the San Jose Sharks.
The San Jose Sharks are “actively trying to move” Alexander Barabanov. That’s what David Pagnotta reported on Tuesday night, which San Jose Hockey Now’s Sheng Peng can confirm.
Can Alexander Barabanov turn his season around? Barabanov, just nine points in 34 games this season, after averaging 0.63 Points Per Game in his first three seasons with the San Jose Sharks, thinks so: “I know I’m a good player.” The Russian winger will get another chance to show it on Saturday.
The San Jose Sharks boast one of the worst rosters in the National Hockey League in 2023-24, plainly evident by the team’s 14-32-5 record and second-last place showing in league standings.
The San Jose Sharks have had a lot going on in 2024. Some news was good, but there was bad as well. Here’s a look at what’s been happening so far this month.
There are a lot of games left in the current NHL season, although that probably seems like an eternity for a San Jose Sharks team still looking for their first win of the 2023-24 campaign.
Nashville forward Yakov Trenin and San Jose forwards Alexander Barabanov and Evgeny Svechnikov are the three players who most likely will be impacted by the Czech government's declaration.